Boot and shoe cleaner



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BOUT AND SHOE CLEANER.

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CHARLES GOLDTHVVAIT, 0F VEYMUTH, MASSACHUSETTS.

BUGT AND SHUE CLANER.

SPECIFICATON forming part of Letters Fatemi; No. Sft, dated June29,1886.

Application filed October 2Q, 1885. Serial No. 150,581. (No model.)

To 'all whom, it mayconcerm Be it known that I, CHARLES GOLDTHWAIT, ofVeymouth, in the county of Norfolk, State of Massachusetts, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Boot and Shoe Cleaners,of which the following is a description sufficiently full, clear, andexact to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which saidinvention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which-Figure l is' a frontelevation of my im proved boot and shoe cleaner, andFig. 2 a top plan view of the same.

Likeletters of refereneeindicate corresponding parts in the differentfigures of the drawings.

My invention relates to that class of boot and shoe cleaners which areprovided with iixed brushes adapted to clean or scrape both the sole andupper of the boot or shoe while on the foot of the wearer; and itconsists in a novel construction and arrangement of the parts, ashereinafter more fully set forth and explained, and pointed out in theClaims.

In the drawings, A represents the base, and B the body. The base may becomposed of wood or metal, as preferred, is rectangular in form, andprovided on three of its sides with a raised rim or iiange, m, to form adish or pan for catching and holding the dirt, which may be emptied orpoured from the open end m when the pan is full.

The body B consists ofa piece of sheet metal, preferably about twoinches in width, live and ouehalf inches in length, and one-eighth of aninch thick, and is arranged transversely in the dish or pan of the baseA about three inches from its closed end, being secured thereto by thescrews z.

Projecting upwardly from either end ofthe body there is a verticalstandard, C, which is preferably about four and one-h alf inches highand of the same width and thickness of the body. Each of the standardsis provided with a horizontal arm, D, projecting outwardly or toward theside of the base, said arms being, preferably, about three inches inlength,rounded at their outer ends, and of the same width and thicknessof the standards.

|The base B, standards C, and arms D are integral or formed of one pieceof metal.

A brush, E, preferably about Vfour and onehalf inches in length and twoinches in Width, is disposed in au inverted position between the thestandards C, said brush being secured to the body B by screws, (notshown,) which pass upwardly through said body into the back or wood ofthe brush.

A round brush, H, preferably about two inches in diameter, is secured tothe inner face of each ofthe standards C, the bristles of said roundbrushes projecting inwardly over those of the brush E, as best seen inFig. 1.

Attached to the under side of each of the arms D by screws fthere is around brush, J, preferably about two inches in diameter, and arrangedwith its bristles downward.

The cleaner is portable and designed to be placed on the floor when inuse; butit may be placed on a door-step or arranged in any otherconvenient position desired.

In the use of my improvement the left foot is placed firmly on the baseA at m to keep the base in position, and the boot or shoe on the rightfootinserted between the brushes H H, with its sole resting on the brushE and drawn back and forth in contact therewith until the dirt, mud,etc., are removed from the sides and sole of the boot or shoe, afterwhich it is withdrawn and pressed against the brush J at the right-handside ofthe cleaner, and drawn back and forth in contact therewith untilthe upper portion of the boot or shoe is thoroughly cleaned. After therighthand boot or shoe has been cleaned, the right foot is pressediirmly on the base at b to hold it in position, and the left-hand bootor shoe is cleaned in substantially the saine manner as described.

The standards C are elastic, and as the boot or shoe is forced downbetween the brushesH H and drawn back and forth on the brush E thestandards yield slightly, and thus cause the brushes H H to moreperfectly perform their' work.

Having thus explained my invention, what I claim is l. ln aboot andsl1oecleaner,thebase A,body B, secured thereto7 and resilient standardsC, extending upwardly from the ends of said body, in combination withthe cleaner E, secured to IOO said body between said standards, and thestandards,the brushes H,secured to said stand brushes H, secured to saidstandards and exards and extending laterally and inwardly for tendinglaterally and inwardly for a short disa short distance over the sides ofsaid cleaner tance over the sides of said cleaner E. E, and the brushesJ, secured to said arms and 5 2. In aboot and shoe c leaner,thebaseA,body projecting downwardly. B, secured thereto, resllient standards C,eX- CHARLES GOLDTHWAIT' tending upwardly from the endsof said body,

and horizontal arms D, projecting outwardly Witnesses: from saidstandards, in combination with the C. A. SHAW, 1o cleaner E, secured tosaid body between said L. J. WHITE.

